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so gm is renewing its commitment to pure electric cars with the chevy spark ev. ford is rolling out eight vehicles that deliver 40 miles per gallon or better. including the 2014 fiesta that has a breakthrough three cylinder engine. the spokesman mickle line. >> it's so small you can actually fit it in a suitcase and it has the performance of a standard engine and is expected to get the best fuel economy of any nonhybrid car in america. >> reporter: we've seen a rebirth of the traditional gasoline engine thanks to advances in technology. >> in many cases we're seeing upwards of 25, 30, into the 40s mile per gallon range which is similar to a hybrid. so the argument the consumers have making is, i don't need to get a high bride -- hybrid. >> reporter: looming standards are also driving the industry shift to environmentally friendly vehicles. automakers will be required to reach a fleet average of 54 miles per gallon by 2025. john blackstone, cbs news, los angeles. >>> one by one many of the bay area's old movie houses are disappearing and now another sits in the pa
so gm is renewing its commitment to pure electric cars with the chevy spark ev. ford is rolling out eight vehicles that deliver 40 miles per gallon or better. including the 2014 fiesta that has a breakthrough three cylinder engine. the spokesman mickle line. >> it's so small you can actually fit it in a suitcase and it has the performance of a standard engine and is expected to get the best fuel economy of any nonhybrid car in america. >> reporter: we've seen a rebirth of the...
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gm azo and they have a scientific study that just came out. first long-term study of its kind and we can disparage it. okay. let's assume that it is not that. let's assume that there were not enough rats in the study. if people are concerned, why don't they have the right to see a label? they can make a decision of whether they want to read it is as simple as that. so there is a lot to deal with. the professor in france is an antiactivist. he has a book coming out about why we should not have cmos. he has a movie coming out about why. >> he was a pro gm though activist. what does that mean? >> okay. so, let's buy it into the details of the study. they use a strain of rats prone to getting cancer, and then invade use a very small sample so you have a control group of ten rats and another group of maybe ten or 20 which have a lifetime risk of getting cancer of around 50 to 70%. okay? so when you design a study where the rats are going to massively get cancer, and you need to have a study that looks at thousands of rats. that's one thing. the ide
gm azo and they have a scientific study that just came out. first long-term study of its kind and we can disparage it. okay. let's assume that it is not that. let's assume that there were not enough rats in the study. if people are concerned, why don't they have the right to see a label? they can make a decision of whether they want to read it is as simple as that. so there is a lot to deal with. the professor in france is an antiactivist. he has a book coming out about why we should not have...
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began to fall apart, when it became clear that gm, ford, chrysler cannot polling started having some many retirees relative to those working at it just is hard to work within that confinement. the question was whether labour would mobilize to say that the private welfare system is falling apart. the only solution is therefore to really have the kind of health care system that exists elsewhere. the labor union was not strong enough to do it, and i think a lot of cases man mistake of not making that the primary issue. the result was that companies like gm got none of it not by saying once make it into a public system but let's take it away from the workers, and that's how will save money. and that's what happened. >> the occupy wall street movement. an hon. >> the book ends with a quotation from the cut a square. a young woman holding a banner. hand-painted cardboard sign that says the trouble with the american dream is you need to be asleep to believe in it. wakeup. and there is no question that the audacity of the occupation is no doubt inspired by what is going on in aged and madrid
began to fall apart, when it became clear that gm, ford, chrysler cannot polling started having some many retirees relative to those working at it just is hard to work within that confinement. the question was whether labour would mobilize to say that the private welfare system is falling apart. the only solution is therefore to really have the kind of health care system that exists elsewhere. the labor union was not strong enough to do it, and i think a lot of cases man mistake of not making...
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including world first from chrysler, ford, gm, bmw andswag volkswagen. a sneak peak before friday's public debut, consumer reports is live in los angeles with the very latest. you here. such a fun segmentment tell me, first, what trends are you seeing out there? something that might be new or different that people can expect coming up. >> sure. the l.a. show, you see a lot of electric cars, fuel efficient cars. there are the electric cars, but we're seeing a lot of normal cars getting more and more fuel efficient. everything's more fuel efficient and keeping the function. gerri: you said utility is a big thing. what do you mean by that? >> utility, i mean, you know, people think you get a fuel first time car, it's a little tiny box that crries two people, and they are cramped in like a smart car, something like that, but ford here, they have a seven passenger vehicle over 30 miles per gallon, looking at suvs that can do things, carry things, and still get great fuel economy. gerri: working through the makes and models that you really like here. you want
including world first from chrysler, ford, gm, bmw andswag volkswagen. a sneak peak before friday's public debut, consumer reports is live in los angeles with the very latest. you here. such a fun segmentment tell me, first, what trends are you seeing out there? something that might be new or different that people can expect coming up. >> sure. the l.a. show, you see a lot of electric cars, fuel efficient cars. there are the electric cars, but we're seeing a lot of normal cars getting...
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we'll get gm at 10:00. we're talking 4 1/2 to 5-year highs for all these guys. >> you have a combination of 11 year old age of autos, destruction of -- by the way, sandy was an auto destroyer. loss of life. horrible. terrible. it also took out many more cars than people realize. you have to pump overtime to be meet the demand. >> we're still adding up sandy and figuring that out. we're far from figuring that out. hundreds of thousands of automobiles. where are we? 15 plus at the end? >> it's possible. 15. it puts people to work in the country. they don't just add in mexico. mexico is booming. fabulous moment for mexico. they will add in this country too. >> there's talk that their share of the market in the northeast, the big three, is not as high as it is in the rest of the country. we live in part of the country where incomes are higher. you may see better numbers out of bmws and mercedes. >> i don't know the percentage that's brought into the new jersey, new york area, the ones that you always see when y
we'll get gm at 10:00. we're talking 4 1/2 to 5-year highs for all these guys. >> you have a combination of 11 year old age of autos, destruction of -- by the way, sandy was an auto destroyer. loss of life. horrible. terrible. it also took out many more cars than people realize. you have to pump overtime to be meet the demand. >> we're still adding up sandy and figuring that out. we're far from figuring that out. hundreds of thousands of automobiles. where are we? 15 plus at the...
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interestingly enough, though, gm was really going strong for most of this year. and for some reason, as it approaches the finish line, it's fallen behind toyota. so it looks like toyota's going to go ahead and get that top spot. >> alison kosik reporting live from the new york stock exchange. >>> 46 minutes past the hour. time to check our top stories. president obama leaving hawaii today to go back to washington for a last-ditch effort to reach a deal on the fiscal cliff. senate and house expected to reconvene tomorrow. as you know, we have just six days left before across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts take effect. >>> former president george h.w. bush is still in a houston hospital. his wife, barbara, and other relatives at his side. the 88-year-old has been in the hospital for more than a month with a lingering cough. he recently had a low-grade fever. doctors remain cautiously optimistic about a full recovery. >>> a privacy breach in the facebook family. mark zuckerberg's sister says a family photo she posted on facebook was reposted by another wo
interestingly enough, though, gm was really going strong for most of this year. and for some reason, as it approaches the finish line, it's fallen behind toyota. so it looks like toyota's going to go ahead and get that top spot. >> alison kosik reporting live from the new york stock exchange. >>> 46 minutes past the hour. time to check our top stories. president obama leaving hawaii today to go back to washington for a last-ditch effort to reach a deal on the fiscal cliff. senate...
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and right there in front of the gm and the coach. >> michael? what about his reputation? did he have any off the field troubles that anyone knew about? you said he was the last guy you expected. did anyone know about any trouble? >> reporter: none. >> none. >> reporter: none. this guy was very quiet, kept to himself, he's a hard worker and, you know, i don't want to make it sound like he was a monster because he kept to himself, but he was a concentrated, focused young man, 25 years old. i used to work and live in long island, he's from west babylon high school. and when i got there, he had just left to go to maine to play college football. but the buzz about him was still going strong even after he left and the buzz i always heard about him was great guy, give you the shirt off his back and had a very strong sense of family. >> he was inspirational. he was a nondraft player. as you were saying, an overall good guy. >> reporter: overall good guy. let's face it, not many guys play in the national football league from maine. okay? that speaks to his dedication right there a
and right there in front of the gm and the coach. >> michael? what about his reputation? did he have any off the field troubles that anyone knew about? you said he was the last guy you expected. did anyone know about any trouble? >> reporter: none. >> none. >> reporter: none. this guy was very quiet, kept to himself, he's a hard worker and, you know, i don't want to make it sound like he was a monster because he kept to himself, but he was a concentrated, focused young...
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gm is out of the -- is not out of the woods. you know gm is still in trouble financially. chrysler isn't even an american company anymore, it's owned by the italians. it has been a colossal disaster, and it's going to continue to be. the unions with their work rules and exceptions and restrictions on workers -- not so much the paycheck. most of the three big japanese makers in the south that are not dominated by unions do not have those work rules, but they pay about the same dollars per hour in many wages. so the wages can be paid, it's the crazy union work rules and defending people who drink on on the job, for example, that cause problems that are running american business out of the country. alisyn: all right. lars larson, leslie marshall, kudos for being able to debate over the cacophony coming out of lansing. >> hey, we didn't have any beeps. >> kick those union thugs out. alisyn: thank you so much. >>> meanwhile, a popular u.s. retailer now under fire for including a series of profanity-laced items in its annual christmas catalog. why they did it. >>> plus, a 6-year
gm is out of the -- is not out of the woods. you know gm is still in trouble financially. chrysler isn't even an american company anymore, it's owned by the italians. it has been a colossal disaster, and it's going to continue to be. the unions with their work rules and exceptions and restrictions on workers -- not so much the paycheck. most of the three big japanese makers in the south that are not dominated by unions do not have those work rules, but they pay about the same dollars per hour...
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if you had gm stock or chrysler before the bailout your stock value went to zero. 92 and gm was declared bankrupt. stock holder didn't appeared and in the court stock hold ares got a real hair cut. the union won and the bond holders lost. it is it a title myth the idea that unions saved detroit. >> brian: what about the union workers who say those who are not in the union are free rider will benefit from their bargaining power with the car companies, for example. >> look the right to work is enshrined in michigan and right not to have to pay union duce is ensidelined and that is it a good thing. >> gretchen: to me, it is it the most important state that this has happened in because the autoindustry is such a hunal part of the economy there and the union is so strong there. do you agree with that? >> absolutely it is the home of the autoindustry union and the idea that michigan should revert to being a right to work state, that is it a revolution in the labor market. >> steve: we heard in the run up to the election, while the gm autoworkers wound up keeping their pensions and benefits, it
if you had gm stock or chrysler before the bailout your stock value went to zero. 92 and gm was declared bankrupt. stock holder didn't appeared and in the court stock hold ares got a real hair cut. the union won and the bond holders lost. it is it a title myth the idea that unions saved detroit. >> brian: what about the union workers who say those who are not in the union are free rider will benefit from their bargaining power with the car companies, for example. >> look the right...
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melissa: can you imagine you buy the fuel and put it among the manufacturers, chrysler, gm, toyota, especially in older vehicles and look at your manufacturers website if you're in this group, what happens with the e15 the fuel separates and ethanol in there is highly corrosive to your engine. is this new information? did we know this before? >> well, no, we've told the regulators about this we spent millions of dollars in research to try to understand that dynamic. in fact let me reiterate. in the oil and gas business we support biofuels. we're major investors and producers of biofuels but we don't think you should force more biofuels to be mixed with regular gasoline until you know its impact. other research shows it puts five million american cars that are already on the street at risk where it could have some engine damage. we think you need to look at all these other issues that are now starting to come to the surface, but regulators, the administration just moved forward mandating the fuel. melissa: what does it mean to have aaa coming in and putting out a warning, saying don't use it, a
melissa: can you imagine you buy the fuel and put it among the manufacturers, chrysler, gm, toyota, especially in older vehicles and look at your manufacturers website if you're in this group, what happens with the e15 the fuel separates and ethanol in there is highly corrosive to your engine. is this new information? did we know this before? >> well, no, we've told the regulators about this we spent millions of dollars in research to try to understand that dynamic. in fact let me...
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the picture for everyone from public school teachers that are unionized to autoworkers on the line at gm, ford or chrysler. interestingly, though, today, too here, brooke, you had fellow union workers protesting that aren't even part of the legislation. it does not apply to firefighters or police officers. but yet here today we found firefighters who were protesting this saying this is bad for workers across michigan. and nationally. i want you to listen to ted coakley, he's one of those and he explains why. does this mean the gbeginning o a death of unions in the country? do you think it is that big symbolically? >> i think things like this are waking the sleeping giant. i think workers and working families are tired of losing. they want a fair share of the prosperity of this state, and this country, and i think that's going to help build the union movement. >> reporter: -- from this right to work legislation. why are you here? >> that's correct. as of right now we're exempt from this legislation. but it doesn't change the fact that we want to be here to support all our brothers and sis
the picture for everyone from public school teachers that are unionized to autoworkers on the line at gm, ford or chrysler. interestingly, though, today, too here, brooke, you had fellow union workers protesting that aren't even part of the legislation. it does not apply to firefighters or police officers. but yet here today we found firefighters who were protesting this saying this is bad for workers across michigan. and nationally. i want you to listen to ted coakley, he's one of those and he...
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turned the gun on himself just outside the chiefs practice facility right in front of coaches and the gm. they leave behind a 3-month-old daughter. so -- >> president obama kicks off december with a busy schedule today he hosts the prime minister of bulgaria in the oval office. he then heads to national defense university to deliver remarks and tomorrow the president will meet the governors at the white house to talk about that impending so-called fiscal cliff. >> cory booker is taking the food stamp challenge this week. the newark, new jersey mayor, will only be eating what he can afford to buy with just over $333. that's the average weekly food stamp benefit in his state. booker tweeting that he will be giving up coffee because he will not be able to afford it. >> i really like that he's doing that. >> we should see how that turns out. >> drawing a red line, secretary of state hillary clinton talks tough to syria about using chemical weapons. we will have a live report next. make you feel alive. l meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee. which is wha
turned the gun on himself just outside the chiefs practice facility right in front of coaches and the gm. they leave behind a 3-month-old daughter. so -- >> president obama kicks off december with a busy schedule today he hosts the prime minister of bulgaria in the oval office. he then heads to national defense university to deliver remarks and tomorrow the president will meet the governors at the white house to talk about that impending so-called fiscal cliff. >> cory booker is...
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. >>> gm will buy back 200 million shares and another 300 million will be sold through various means or so. that will end the $51 billion bailout of the automaker. taxpayers are expected to lose money on this deal. the stock hasn't done as well as hoped. >>> south korea has elected its first female president. park promises to salvage the economy and other issues are income inequality. park is the daughter of the country's former military dictator. >>> and take a look at these dramatic i am manuals of a mudslide in motion. our affiliate, komo in everett washington captured the video as the slide slammed into a moving freight train. cars crumbled and derailed, as you can see there. the freight trains were back on the tracks yesterday but amtrack is waiting 48 hours to make sure that this scene is safe. unbelievable when you see that mudslide. >> do we know if anybody was hurt? >> i don't think anyone was hurt. it was a freight train. they want to make sure that everything is safe. take a look at those oh pictures. there it goes. >> lisa, thank you. >>> it's a debate politicians have re
. >>> gm will buy back 200 million shares and another 300 million will be sold through various means or so. that will end the $51 billion bailout of the automaker. taxpayers are expected to lose money on this deal. the stock hasn't done as well as hoped. >>> south korea has elected its first female president. park promises to salvage the economy and other issues are income inequality. park is the daughter of the country's former military dictator. >>> and take a look...